first languagenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌfɜːst ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ˌfɝːst ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/B2 the language that someone learns to speak first
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Using other languages
- anglophone
- code switching
- diglossia
- francophone
- interpret
- linguist
- lusophone
- machine translation
- modern languages
- monolingual
- multilingual
- native
- non-native speaker
- pinyin
- polyglot
- speak
- translate
- translation
- trilingual
- word
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Examples from literature
- Suppose the first language spoken is French.